Seasoned Reports suddenly quit working

I think this is commonly known as database corruption. Some bytes got
written in a wrong order. Access writes to disk uncontrollably and not
always correctly - this is about the only thing I dislike about it.
This is why they insist - always make backups.

Pavel

GSpiggle wrote:[color=blue]
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> I have an Access97 database that is used solely for a series of
> monthend reports. It is quite old, probably dates back to 1999 and
> has worked flawlessly through last month and has not been touched
> since then. The database resides on a network drive and has for a
> year or so. Today I executed the macro that runs the reports and the
> first report cannot be found. A report by that name is under the
> reports tab, but when I try to open it nothing happens. When I try to
> edit it, there is a quick background action and nothing else. Found
> this on several reports and forms, but queries all work OK as do many
> of the reports. Rebooted; relinked tables -- same thing. Backup file
> worked OK. When I opened the backup and the problem databases side by
> side, I noticed whenever I clicked into the window of the problem
> database, there would be the same quick background action I noticed
> before. Opened a new blank database and tried to import all objects
> from the problem database and when the "corrupt" objects were touched
> an "Automation Error" message was displayed and they were not
> imported. Operationally this is not a problem since there is a
> functional backup, but I don't understand what is going on here. Any
> ideas?[/color]